Although we rank high out of resource rich jurisdictions, a lofty 7 out of 58 regions, we still have to work on environmental assessments, royalties distribution and management of the Heritage Trust Fund are keeping us from really soaring.
"Andrew Bauer, economic analyst with Revenue Watch, said Alberta is
“doing really well” but royalties and environmental assessments are in
need of improvement.
“These resources belong to the citizens, and
the question is always: How do you split the profits between companies
who are doing the extraction and the government that owns the resources
on behalf of the citizens?
“Alberta receives a very low share of
resource rents relative to other oil- and mineral-rich jurisdictions,”
Bauer said. “The discussion around how much Alberta gets and how much
Alberta should get, it’s just not happening.”
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